Characters + Relationship
These two men find Teofilo's body at the beginning of the story.
Who are Leon and Ken?
Leon and Ken discover ____ at the beginning of the short story.
What is Teofilo's dead body?
According to Pueblo tradition, the dead are believed to bring this to the living.
What is rain (or rain clouds)?
The opening of the story into a dry landscape foreshadows the need for this.
What is rain?
This character initially refuses to perform a Christian burial service.
Who is Father Paul?
What do Leon and Ken ask of the priest?
What is sprinkling the grave with Holy Water?
The Pueblo not following the same beliefs as Father Paul caused this.
What is tension at the beginning of the story?
The holy water at the end of the story symbolically represents this theme.
What is harmony/coexistence between different religious traditions
The tree Teofilo dies under that represents spiritual connection is this.
This character convinces the priest to sprinkle holy water on the grave.
Who is Louise (Leon's Wife)?
Leon and Ken initially don't tell Father Paul that Teofilo died because of this.
What is keeping the death private and following Pueblo traditions?
Leon and Ken perform this traditional action before taking Teofilo home.
What is painting his face with white and blue paint and tying feathers in his hair?
what is the old man passing peacefully once harmony between the two beliefs was achieved?
Leslie Marmon Silko uses this narrative point of view throughout the story.
What is third-person limited omniscient